1. Go over homework; Join Facebook Group
2. OE History lecture
3. Review: Post the key things you learned to Facebook Group
What are the major invasions into Britain?
How did each invasion affect the language spoken by the majority of the people?
What effect did religion have on the language?
Excerpt from A Biography of the English Language, 3rd Edition by Millward and Hayes
This section describes the Germanic languages and the differences between Indo-European and Germanic
2. OE History lecture
3. Review: Post the key things you learned to Facebook Group
What are the major invasions into Britain?
How did each invasion affect the language spoken by the majority of the people?
What effect did religion have on the language?
Language Family Exercise:
http://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~eng101/workbook/indo-euro/cognates/new-genetic-rels.pdf
(only do questions 1 and 2)
Do this exercise about Grimm's Law:
Excerpt from A Biography of the English Language, 3rd Edition by Millward and Hayes
This section describes the Germanic languages and the differences between Indo-European and Germanic
Grimm's Tale
http://oldenglishteaching.arts.gla.ac.uk/Units/3_Description_of_OE.html
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/engl401/lessons/lesson1.htm
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Norse_gods_and_goddesses
More Stuff:
New genetic map of the UK shows which invasions created Britain's DNA
http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/18/8252797/uk-genetic-map-reveals-invasions-regional-identity
Finding is assimilation of Celtic and Germanic people instead of genocide by the Anglo-Saxon invaders.